Belarus' Mozyr Refinery will start processing Russian oil of proper quality that has just reached the Druzhba pipeline on May 6, Belarusian oil giant Belneftekhimm, the refinery's owner, told Sputnik on Saturday
MINSK (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 04th May, 2019) Belarus' Mozyr Refinery will start processing Russian oil of proper quality that has just reached the Druzhba pipeline on May 6, Belarusian oil giant Belneftekhimm, the refinery's owner, told Sputnik on Saturday.Earlier in the day, the Russian Energy Ministry announced that "the oil that fully meets GOST," a set of the country's state technical standards, had reached the pipeline's metering units.
"JSC Mozyr Refinery will start the processing of a new batch of oil on May 6, 2019," the company said.
Belneftekhim noted that the oil reached the pipeline at 2:45 p.m. local time (11:45 GMT).
According to the company, an accredited lab has already taken samples of the oil, which proved its compliance with the standards.
The problem with the quality of oil coming from Russia to Belarus through Druzhba arose in April. Russian state-owned transport monopoly Transneft later confirmed it had found high content of chlorides in the oil, pledging to take urgent measures to resolve the issue.
